Mato District
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 Location of Mato in the Huaylas Province |
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| Country Region Province |
 PeruAncash Huaylas |
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| Founded | January 2, 1857 |
| Capital | Villa Sucre |
| Area Elevation |
113.97 km2 2,239m |
| Population - Total - Density |
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| Mayor | VICTOR HILARIO JAMANCA CUEVA |
| Subdivisions | 1 village, 4 hamlets and 19 anexos |
| UBIGEO | 021205 |
| Website: www.munimato.gob.pe | |
The Mato District (Spanish: Distrito de Mato) is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Villa Sucre[1].
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[edit] History
The district was founded on January 2, 1857.
[edit] Location
The district is located in the west-central part of the province at an elevation of 2,239m in the black mountains (Spanish: Cordillera Negra), neighboring district is the Caraz district in which the provinces capital Caraz is located, 12km from the village of Villa Sucre. The regions capital Huaraz is located at 79km from Villa Sucre.
[edit] Political division
The district is divided into 1 village (Spanish: pueblos, singular: pueblo), 4 hamlets (Spanish: caseríos, singular: caserío) and 19 (Spanish: anexos, singular: anexo):
[edit] Villages
- Villa Sucre
[edit] Hamlets
- Ancoracá
- Huacanhuasi
- Huáncup
- Huinó
[edit] Anexos
- Atún Corral
- Carmen
- Cata
- Cochamarca
- Cruz Viva
- Huacapununan
- Huashuash
- Huarinya
- Hueto
- Huishca
- Malambo
- Manzana
- Muchup
- Ocona pampa alto y bajo
- Poma chuco alto y bajo
- Puca
- Quinquín
- San Diego
- Teja Huai
[edit] Capital
The capital of the Mato district is the village of Villa Sucre.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- (Spanish) Official web site of the Mato district
Caraz | Huallanca | Huata | Huaylas | Mato | Pamparomas | Pueblo Libre | Santa Cruz | Santo Toribio | Yuracmarca
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